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Coyote tales
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- Summary
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An illustrated collection of traditional Navajo folk tales featuring the trickster Coyote.
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- Creator
- collected by William Morgan ; Navajo text and translation by Robert W. Young and William Morgan ; English adaptation by Hildegard Thompson ; illustrations by Andrew Tsihnahjinnie
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Navajo
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Washington, D.C.?] : Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of Education, [1968]
- Lawrence, Kan. : Haskell Press
- Physical Details
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- 53 pages : illustrations ; 18 x 26 cm
- OCLC
- ocm71826112
- Originally published in 1949.
- Includes Navajo to English vocabulary.
- English and Navajo in parallel columns.
- Introduction / Robert W. Young -- Coyote and rabbit = Mąʼii dóó gah -- Coyote and the fawn's stars = Mąʼii dóó bįį yáázh sǫʼ bikááʼ naazniligii -- Coyote and crow = Mąʼii dóó gaagii -- Coyote and snake = Mąʼii dóó tłʼiish -- Coyote and Skunk Woman = Mąʼii dóó Gólízhii ʼasdzáán -- Coyote and Horned Toad = Mąʼii dóó Naʼ ashǫ́ʼii Dichʼízhii -- Vocabulary
Subjects
- Navajo Indians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
- Navajo language -- Texts -- Juvenile literature.
- Navajo language -- Readers.
- Coyote (Legendary character) -- Legends -- Juvenile literature.
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
- Tales -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile literature.
- Coyote (Legendary character) -- Legends.
Children's Subject Heading
- Navajo Indians -- Folklore.
Children's Subject Heading
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore.
Children's Subject Heading
- Folklore -- Southwest, New.
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